Frank Gehry, pt 2
The rule of architecture, since the Bauhaus, has been "form follows function." Frank Gehry's "deconstructivist" (DeCon or Santa Monica School of Architecture) style has been a reaction to that credo. Once, architecture was to reflect social ideas, such as "speed." Gehry adopts a counter philosophy, namely a return to the notion that architecture is art. Earlier in his career, Gehry was interested inusing unfinished materials, corregated metal juxtaposed with brick and cement. He exploded the idea of permanance though his use of chain link fencing (a material he loathed for "containing" his buildings) to create a "shadow" structure within the space of the building itself, claiming "if you can't beat it, join it." He explored primal geometric forms, unexpected points and angles instead of adhering to the necessary.
He collaborated with Klaus Oldenburg and his wife on the Chiat/Day Building in Venice, CA. Oldenburg designed the whisical entry way (a pair of binoculars) and Gehry created the strange, buttressed brown half of the building.
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